BESTER v. STATE

6 Div. 767.

304 So.2d 272 (1974)

O. C. BESTER, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Jordan, Bessemer, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Quentin Q. Brown, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


HARRIS, Judge.

Bester was convicted of murder in the first degree and the jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was represented at arraignment and trial by court-appointed counsel. He pleaded not guilty. He was furnished a free transcript and trial counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal.

This was a cold-blooded murder without any mitigating or extenuating circumstances. On October 12, 1973, appellant shot and killed...

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